Hanger



April 30, 1940., GQLDMAQ 2,198,768

HANGER Filed March 1, 1959 /3 INVENTOR Joseph Goldman ATT RNEY Patented Apr. so, 1940 EN T OFFlCE HANGER Joseph Goldman, Woodmere, Y l Application March, 1, 1939, Serial No. 259,122

This invention relatesto garment hangers and a particularly to additional or auxiliary hanger means for holding a hat, cane, umbrella, scarf,

tie, shirt or other article.

Myinvention contemplates the provision of a a garment hanger provided with a swingable auxiliary hanger suitable for suporting a hat or other article, and with meansfor normally maintaining pended on the auxiliary hanger in relatively fixed position out of the way when it is not in use and foralso Clocking it removably in anyone of a number of different positions. I

My invention further contemplates the provision of simple and efiicient locking means for 15. looking the auxiliary hanger in any of a plurality j of positions, said locking means being readily unlocked to permit the auxiliary hanger to be swung into another position and to be relocked in said a position against undesired swinging movement thereof. a My invention further contemplates the provision of a garment hanger provided with a hook having a shank on which anauxiliary hangeris swingably mounted and also provided with simple cooperating means on the hangers adapted for engagement and disengagement to lock the mined angular relatiom The various objects of the invention. will. be clear fromfthe description; which follows and} Ifrom the drawing, in which: a l

Fig. 1 is a front view of my new hanger showing the auxiliary hanger locked in a position wherein a plurality of such hangers may be susa bar or rod in closely adjacent relahangers removably in relatively fixed predeter tion. w

FigJilis a top plan view of the same, showing the auxiliary hanger swung into and locked in a.

a position at right angles to themain hanger.

Fig. 3 is a similar fragmentary butenlarged view of the locking means, showing the auxiliary jhanger in the position of Fig. 1.;

the auxiliary Fig. 4 is a similarview of the same, showing in Fig. 2. a a

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary front view of .a modified form of the invention, wherein the main hanger is formed of sheet material,su-ch as sheet metal.

. Fig. 61s a fragmentary frontview of a modified form of the end portion of the auxiliary hanger wherein an integral hat-engaging loop is used instead of a cap member. a

In the practical embodiment of the invention which I have shown by way of example, the main hanger III may, as is customary, be formed of hanger in the position illustrated wood or the like, being adapted to support an outer garment such as a coat or dress, as well as trousers or the like garments in a well-known manner. Suitablysecured to the body It! or the main hanger is the wire hook H provided with the uprightyshank I 2. Such hangers are customarily intendedto be hung on hooks in a closet or of this type in general use, make no provision for the support of other articles on. the hanger. While attempts have previously been made to provide auxiliary hanger means for the support on a rod or bar and are also frequently hung on the hooks ofhat or coat racks. Garment hangers of such articles as .hats, such means as have been heretoforedesigned for this purpose are comparativelyexpensive and cumbersome and re- .quire more or thereof.

less skill [for the manipulation The auxiliaryhanger means which I have provided, however, is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and assemble, and read-Q locking extension or terminal part It preferably parallel tothe shank l2 of the hanger hook, but

spaced radially outwardly therefrom. Above, the extension M, the wire memberfiistwisted loosely about the shank IE to form a plurality of turns ily manipulated to arrange it in any selected one or loops i5 loose on, the shank and therefore movable easily relatively thereto in a vertical direction and also rotatable about the shank. From the loops or turns l 5 extends outwardly the horizontal portion l6 of the wire member to a point beyond the hook I l. The outer endportion ll of the wire member i3 is made preferably in a semi-circular downwardly convex form, being joined at its inner end by the bend I8 to the straight portion it. At the extreme outer. end

of the portion I7 is provided the hat-engaging cap {9, shown in Fig. 1 as being made of wood, andsuitably mounted on the end of the wire member by any suitable means as by forcing the in the cap. 1 r i .As best shown. in Figs. 2; 3, and 4; the upper surface 2!] of the mainhanger Ill, adjacent the shank I2, is provided with a pair of vertical holes extreme end of said memberinto a suitable hole proper selected position.

sirable may be provided for the purpose of receiving the extension M and thereby to lock the wire member l3 in a selected one of a number of diiferent positions in which the wire member is ar ranged angularly with. respect to the main garment member ID. Said holes 2| and 22 are, therefore, spacedapart circumferentially the desired distance and are also arranged at the same distanceradially from the shank [2.

It will be seen that in .order to lock the auxiliary hanger-in the position shown in Figs. land 3, the member F3 is rotated until the extension It is in vertical alignment with the hole 2 I, whereafter.

the wire member is lowered vertically on the shank l2 until the extension It enters the hole,

whereupon the auxiliary hanger is locked in its In this position, the plane of the wire member lids-substantiallycoincident with the general plane of the hanger. A plurality of such hangers may thereby :be hung .on .a rod or .bar without interferin with each other, and garments maybe hung on such plu-' rality of hangers in the ordinary manner. The auxiliary hangers l3, nevertheless provide means whereby additional articles may be hung rfrom each of the hangers. g

, When the hanger is used by itsel'f as ,on a hook or .a .hat .rack, the auxiliary hanger is raised relatively tothe .hook to remove the extension 14 .fronitheholeZ l whereafter the auxiliary hanger is rotated .until it assumes a position in a plane at substantially right angles to the plane of the .main body member it, as is shown in Figs; 2 and 4. In this position, the auxiliary hanger is lowered to insert .the extension it into the hole 22, whereupon the auxiliary hanger is locked in its outstanding position.

In this" position, the auxiliary hanger is well adapted .to support .a hat, cane, umbrella, scarf, or other article. When used to support a hat, the ,cap 19 enters into the interior of the hat while the ,brimengag'es the .bends H and i8 and .is .thereby adequately supported for easy access thereto. ,As has been indicatedadditional holes,

and 22 and similarly similar to the ,holes v2i spaced, may be provided, should 'it be desired to lock the auxiliary hanger in other positions. It will further be understood that while the auxiliary hanger is freely ,swingableon the hook l2 when unlocked, the extension M and the holes 2! .and .2-2 .constitute. adjustable cooperating locking means for fixing the auxiliary hanger removably liniany zone of a number of selected positions.

fber of ho'lesas25 similar to the holes 2! and22 .andsimilarly spaced apart. The extension M of the wire member '13 mayIreadily be removed from and inserted into any selected one of the holes to lock the; auxiliary hanger in .a selected one of a a numberhf di'fierent positions, as has been pre- 'viouslydescribed in connection with Figs. 1 to 4.

In Fig. 6, I have shown the wire member l3 enlargedand bent at its extreme outer end to form a horizontally disposed enlargement or loop as 2'! designed to replace thewooden cap I9 and serving the same function. Said loop 21 is substantially circular and it is preferably arranged slightly below the highest point 28 of the bend l1.

It will be seen that I have provided a simple and inexpensive auxiliary hanger and adequate inexpensive locking means, therefor to maintain the auxiliary hanger in a selected oneoi a number of positions in which'the auxiliary hanger is arranged angularly with respect to the main I hanger or out of the way when a number of such hangers are to be used in closely adjacent relation, and that Ihave provided a structure well hanger memberprovided with aloop, said loop being loosely mounted on the shank .for :movement around the shank land for movement ,also

longitudinally of the shank, and ,a :terminal .part on the auxiliary member beyond :the loop and spaced radially therefrom the same distance as the holes and ari'anged to enterand leavesaid',

holes to selectively lock the auxiliary member in adjustable angular relation to'the main mern ber.

2. 'In a garment hanger, a main =member having a hole therein, a hook on the member, and

an auxiliary member swingable on the hook and having a locking part thereon adapted to enter the hole to lock" said members together against relative movement.

3. In a garment hanger, a main member having .a plurality of holes therein, a hook-having a straight shank secured to the mainmember, and an auxiliary wire hanger having a loop loosely mounted .on the shank and terminating in an extensionadapted to enter any selected one of the holes to lock-the auxiliary .member to the main member in any one of the number of difierent positions. I

4. In a garment hanger, a main member. provided with a plurality of holes in .its upper edge and in predetermined radial spaced relation to .the center ofsaidmainmember, a hookoutstanding from the center of the main .member and having a straight shank, an auxiliary wire member having a downwardly convex bend therein and having a straight-inner, portionysaid inner portion terminating in-a plurality of loops loosely encircling the shank,an extension from the member.

. JOSEPHGOLDMAN.

loops .parallel to the shank and at the :same distance therefrom as said holes, and an -aenlarged 

